Lifelong locals have told me they don’t like the mayor for allowing all the student housing in the downtown area, among other poor decisions. For one, the students and their visiting friends necessitated parking meters. Two blocks south of the square and one detects nuances on the nostrils in scent, as if Bourbon St two days following Mardi Gras. I know when HW 37 S became I-69, tying into Bloomington, it was stated the town charm would be lost forever. I think what we’re seeing is the beginning of that.
Does Bloomington still need to have giant letters painted BLM on city property, the street on the north end of town square? Does that organization even still exist? Can you imagine the outrage if someone suggested it’s time to take it down? I was eating at the Owlery a while back and couldn’t help but notice the neglected upkeep of the curb in front of this graffitied street. I’m seeing paper trash and weeds underneath E-scooters scattered on the sidewalk that pedestrians were forced to walk around. Bloomington has been reported to be #2, per capita, of people identifying themselves as lesbian, second only to San Francisco. I believe it’s starting to resemble it in other ways, too, none for the better.
One other bitch and then I’ll leave you alone where you belong. I only read Bloom Magazine because it’s free. The editor is one of the biggest, left-wing liberal fanatic turds you could ever hope to someday flush. The whole rag reeks of slanted diversity pushed on woken wagon. Then the editorial page he puts out is always political commentary guaranteed to unite his audience of like-minds at the next hint of tribal protest come brewing. I saved his “Under the Weather - How Climate Change Is Messing With Monroe County” cover issue with more false alarms than fire drills in junior high. Just to show you the BS these gullible people are being fed, a quote in larger print and bordered incredulously stated, “If we plant a tree now in our Indiana garden, in twenty years it probably won’t be able to survive this climate, even if it’s native.” Yet another highlighted quote, “Waterlogged soils from increased significant flooding early in the year, coupled with warming temperatures can make conditions just right for mosquitoes which can carry tropical diseases like malaria, dengue fever and Zika.” I kid you, NOT! Talk about scare tactics preying on the weak, those people are insane.